Andrew Gierth <and...@tao11.riddles.org.uk> writes: > "Tom" == Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes: > Tom> In general, the point I'm trying to make is that our policy should > Tom> be "Ties are broken arbitrarily, and if you don't like the choice > Tom> that initdb makes, here's how to fix it".
> Yes, you've repeated that point at some length, and I am not convinced. [ shrug... ] You haven't convinced me, either. By my count we each have about 0.5 other votes in favor of our positions, so barring more opinions there's no consensus here for the sort of behavioral change you suggest. However, not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good, it seems like nobody has spoken against the ideas of (a) installing negative preferences for the "localtime" and "posixrules" pseudo-zones, and (b) getting rid of our now-unnecessary special treatment for "Factory". How about we do that much and leave any more-extensive change for another day? regards, tom lane